Synopsis

iscsi-initiator-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated iscsi-initiator-utils package that fixes three bugs and adds two
enhancements is now available Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The iscsi-initiator-utils package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI
protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol
for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol (IP)
networks.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the iscsiadm help wrongly listed discovery2 mode instead
  of discoverydb. This update modifies the help file and now the correct output of
  the help contents is shown. (BZ#714744)
  
• Prior to this update, iscsiadm did not accept host names or aliases as valid
  values for the --portal argument. As a consequence,the iscsiadm failed with the
  error message "iscsiadm: no records found!". This update matches the host name
  to the IP address returned during discovery, so this issue no longer occurs.
  (BZ#716323)
  
• Prior to this update, the brcm_iscsiuio daemon did not rotate the
  brcm-iscsi.log file. As a consequence, the log file could grow excessively.
  This update adds a logrotate entry for the brcm-iscsi.log file. (BZ#729355)
  
• Prior to this update,the iface net configuration parameters were not parsed
  on. As a consequence, the iface parameters could not be updated. This update
  modifies the idbm_recinfo_node routine to include the parsing of these
  parameters. (BZ#759651)
  

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• This update upgrades uIP (micro IP) to the latest upstream version 0.7.0.6+ to
  make uIP compatible with the updated bnx2x driver. (BZ#715396)
  
• This update adds leading-login support to reduce login storms during boot and
  allows for initiating multiple iSCSI sessions from a single iface record.
  (BZ#723715)
  

All users of iscsi-initiator-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 714744 - iscsiadm command line help lists discovery2 mode instead of discoverydb
• BZ - 716323 - iscsiadm fails to connect while using hostname except of ip address
• BZ - 759651 - Bug found in the iface update for the new iface net config params

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 96e346b264d0248744ccb08791d791e020c750d7a92f9ee698ff5c1671ef1edc
x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0def0d67b50dca5cb7c1ffd1e270eec76c8dba3e53e047a6af3656d67d009400
ia64
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 476129f426fbe79f010aac6b006bfc7692d63efd2ef7b60d65d0d10413664932
i386
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 14c3515dbf4e01992318d99ec58750b2482e0ac50485ff5402c86e1940fc9fcb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 96e346b264d0248744ccb08791d791e020c750d7a92f9ee698ff5c1671ef1edc
x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0def0d67b50dca5cb7c1ffd1e270eec76c8dba3e53e047a6af3656d67d009400
i386
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 14c3515dbf4e01992318d99ec58750b2482e0ac50485ff5402c86e1940fc9fcb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 96e346b264d0248744ccb08791d791e020c750d7a92f9ee698ff5c1671ef1edc
x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0def0d67b50dca5cb7c1ffd1e270eec76c8dba3e53e047a6af3656d67d009400
i386
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 14c3515dbf4e01992318d99ec58750b2482e0ac50485ff5402c86e1940fc9fcb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 96e346b264d0248744ccb08791d791e020c750d7a92f9ee698ff5c1671ef1edc
s390x
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 49ce61e6acee05e1f91f5fe165be934b9936b4e11236daafa88f00a67b190495

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 96e346b264d0248744ccb08791d791e020c750d7a92f9ee698ff5c1671ef1edc
ppc
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: b6b33c46246ca7121b33c025c71e2c3ceb5e49594427deb0494edb124f9df878
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 5f137e85624e3a1065562dc4e76de0f2b274fd40610bad75ffdab852889a3be3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 96e346b264d0248744ccb08791d791e020c750d7a92f9ee698ff5c1671ef1edc
x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0def0d67b50dca5cb7c1ffd1e270eec76c8dba3e53e047a6af3656d67d009400
i386
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-13.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 14c3515dbf4e01992318d99ec58750b2482e0ac50485ff5402c86e1940fc9fcb